- פְּרַקְמַ׳
- פְּרַגְמָטוֹטֵיס, פְּרַגְמַטִיוְטָא, פְּרַקְמַ׳m. (πραγματευτής) trader, esp. travelling merchant. Ex. R. s. 19 ראו הפ׳וכ׳ behold, that trader (that lodged with me) got up by night and took all my belongings with him. Koh. R. to XI, 1 פרגמטוזטוס, פרגמטוזטיס (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 3, beg. רעותיה דמתקרי פ׳ it is his ambition to be called a man of business; Yalk. Koh. 971 בר פרגמיטורא (corr. acc., or בר פְּרַגְמַטְיָא); Koh. R. to IV, 6 (some ed. פרגמטווטא); a. fr.Pl. פְּרגְמָטוֹטֵין, פְּרַגְמָטִיוְטִין (פְּרַגְמָטָטִין, … טָטַיָּא). Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 (ref. to לשָׂרִים, Ps. 45:17, as though it were read לְשָׁרִים, v. שְׁיָירָה) יכול פרגמיט׳ (corr. acc.) you may think this means travelling merchants; Yalk. Ex. 276 פרגמטיטין. Gen. R. s. 76 מה אומנתכין פ׳ what is your trade? (We are) merchants. Pesik. Bayom, p. 195a>. Pesik. R. s. 15 רמז לפרגמטטיןוכ׳ this is a hint to travelling merchants and seafarers to remember and come home quickly; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.